“…7 shows the methyl-branched pheromones of Tenebrio molitor (Col., Tenebrionidae): (R)-156, [124][125][126][127][128] Oryctes rhinoceros (Col., Dynastidae): 157, [128][129][130][131] Kheper nigroaeneus (Col., Scarabaeidae): (R)-158, 126,128,132 Oryctes rhinoceros (Col., Dynastidae): 159, 133 Euproctis pseudoconspersa (Lep., Erebidae): 160, 134,135 Miltochrista calamina (Lep., Erebidae): (5R,7R)-161 136,137 palm weevils (Col., Curculionidae): (4S,5S)-162 and (4S,5S)-163, 138 Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Col., Dryophthoridae): 164, 165, 133,139 Scolytus multistriatus (Col., Curculionidae): 166, 140 Sitophilus granarius (Col., Dryophthoridae): 167, 141 Diabrotica longicornis (Col., Chrysomelidae): (2S,8R)-168, 142,143 Bicyclus spp. (Lep., Nymphalidae): 169, 144 Cryptothelea variegata (Lep., Psychida): (3R,13R,3 ′ S)-170, 145,146 Eurytoma maslovskii (Hym., Eurytomidae): (2S,10R)-171, (2S,8S)-and (2S,8R)-172, 147 Pellaea stictica (Hem., Pentatomidae): 173, 148,149 Edessa meditabunda (Hem., Pentatomidae): 174, 150 Trichogramma turkestanica (Hym., Trichogrammatidae): 175, 151 Margarodes prieskaensis (Hem., Margarodidae): 176, 177. 152 The asymmetric synthesis of 10,14-dimethyl-1-pentadecyl isobutyrate (160), the sex pheromone of the tea tussock moth Euproctis pseudoconspersa, was performed by Zhang et al (Scheme 12).…”